EP4134527A1 - Method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine.
- An internal combustion engine is typically provided with a number of cylinders, each connected to an intake manifold and to an exhaust manifold, to which an exhaust duct is connected in order to feed the exhaust gases produced by the combustion to an exhaust system, which releases the exhaust gases produced by the combustion into the atmosphere.
- An exhaust gas after-treatment system usually comprises a pre-catalytic converter, which is arranged along the exhaust duct; a particulate filter, which is also arranged along the exhaust duct, downstream of the pre-catalytic converter; and a catalytic converter, which is arranged along the exhaust duct, upstream of the particulate filter.
- the exhaust gas after-treatment system finally comprises, in addition, a burner, which is suited to introduce exhaust gases (and, as a consequence, heat) into the exhaust duct in order to speed up the heating of the catalytic converter and so as to facilitate the regeneration of the particulate filter.
- a combustion chamber which receives fresh air from an air feeding circuit and receives fuel from an injector, which is suited to inject fuel into the combustion chamber.
- a spark plug is coupled to the burner in order to ignite the mixture present inside the combustion chamber.
- the exhaust gases produced by the burner have a pollutant concentration that proves to be particularly high during an initial burner starting phase.
- the temperature of the catalytic converter is lower than the activation temperature and, therefore, the catalytic converter has an extremely low power of conversion of the pollutants produced by the burner.
- US5379592 discloses a known method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine.
- the object of the invention is to provide a method to control a burner for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, said method not suffering from the drawbacks described above and, in particular, being easy and economic to be implemented.
- number 1 indicates, as a whole, a supercharged internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust system 2 (not shown) and having a number of cylinders 3, each connected to an intake manifold 4 and to an exhaust manifold 5 by means of at least one respective exhaust valve (not shown).
- the intake manifold 4 receives a gas mixture comprising both exhaust gases and fresh air, i.e. air coming from the outside through an intake duct 6, which is provided with an air filter for the fresh air flow and is regulated by a throttle valve 8. Along the intake duct 6, downstream of the air filter 7, there also is an air flow meter 9.
- the exhaust manifold 5 is connected to an exhaust duct 10, which feeds the exhaust gases produced by the combustion to the exhaust system 2, which releases the gases produced by the combustion into the atmosphere.
- the supercharged internal combustion engine 1 comprises supercharging system for the internal combustion engine 1 obtained by means of a turbocharger 11 provided with a turbine 12, which is arranged along the exhaust duct 10 so as to rotate at a high speed due to the action of the exhaust gases expelled from the cylinders 3, and a compressor 13, which is arranged along the intake duct 6 and is mechanically connected to the turbine 12 so as to be caused to rotate by the turbine 12 itself in order to increase the pressure of the air present in the feeding duct 6.
- the exhaust system 2 is provided with an exhaust gas after-treatment system 14 comprising a pre-catalytic converter 15 arranged along the exhaust duct 10, downstream of the turbocharger 11, and a particulate filter 16 (also known as Gasoline Particulate Filter ) also arranged along the exhaust duct 10, downstream of the pre-catalytic converter 15.
- the exhaust gas after-treatment system 14 is provided with a catalytic converter 17 arranged along the exhaust duct 10, upstream of the particulate filter 16.
- the catalytic converter 17 and the particulate filter 16 are arranged one after the other on the inside of a common tubular container.
- the internal combustion engine 1 is further provided with a UHEGO or UEGO linear oxygen sensor 18 housed along the exhaust duct 10 and interposed between the turbocharger 11 and the pre-catalytic converter 15 to detect the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases (providing a liner output that indicates the content of oxygen in the exhaust gases) downstream of the turbocharger 11 and upstream of the pre-catalytic converter 15.
- a UHEGO or UEGO linear oxygen sensor 18 housed along the exhaust duct 10 and interposed between the turbocharger 11 and the pre-catalytic converter 15 to detect the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases (providing a liner output that indicates the content of oxygen in the exhaust gases) downstream of the turbocharger 11 and upstream of the pre-catalytic converter 15.
- the internal combustion engine is further provided with a lambda sensor 19, which is suited to provide an on/off binary output, which indicates whether the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases is higher or lower than the stoichiometric value, is housed along the exhaust duct 10 and is interposed between the pre-catalytic converter 15 and the assembly defined by the catalytic converter 17 and the particular filter 16 in order to detect the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gases downstream of the pre-catalytic converter 15; and, finally, a lambda sensor 20, which is suited to provide an on/off binary output, which indicates whether the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases is higher or lower than the stoichiometric value, is housed along the exhaust duct 10 and is arranged downstream of the assembly defined by the catalytic converter 17 and the particular filter 16 in order to detect the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gases downstream of the assembly defined by the catalytic converter 17 and the particular filter 16.
- a lambda sensor 19 which is suited to provide an on/off binary output, which indicates whether the air/
- the exhaust gas after-treatment system 14 further comprises a burner 21, which is suited to introduce exhaust gases (and, as a consequence, heat) into the exhaust duct 10 in order to speed up the heating of the pre-catalytic converter 15 and/or of the catalytic converter 17 and so as to facilitate the regeneration of the particulate filter 16.
- the burner 21 is arranged so as to introduce exhaust gases into the exhaust duct 10 upstream of the pre-catalytic converter 15 or downstream of the catalytic converter 17.
- a combustion chamber 22 which receives fresh air (i.e. air coming from the outside) through an air feeding device 23, which is provided with a pumping device 24 pumping from a tank 39, preferably with the interposition of a manifold air filtering element, and feeds air by means of a duct 25.
- fresh air i.e. air coming from the outside
- an air feeding device 23 which is provided with a pumping device 24 pumping from a tank 39, preferably with the interposition of a manifold air filtering element, and feeds air by means of a duct 25.
- the combustion chamber 22 further receives fuel from an injector 27, which is suited to inject fuel into the combustion chamber 22. Furthermore, a spark plug 28 is coupled to the burner 21 in order to ignite the mixture present inside the combustion chamber 22.
- the internal combustion engine 1 also comprises a fuel feeding circuit 29 provided with a pumping device 30, which feeds fuel by means of a duct 31, which is adjusted by a valve 38.
- the internal combustion engine 1 finally comprises a control system 32, which is designed to control the operation of the internal combustion engine 1.
- the control system 32 comprises at least one electronic control unit (also known as "ECU"), which controls the operation of the different components of the internal combustion engine 1.
- ECU electronice control unit
- the electronic control unit ECU disclosed in the description above can be a dedicated control unit ECU, which controls the operation of the burner 21, or can be the electronic control unit ECU controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine 1.
- the spark plug 28 is controlled by the electronic control unit ECU so as to generate a spark between its electrodes, thus determining the ignition of the gases compressed inside the combustion chamber 22.
- the control system 32 further comprises a plurality of sensors connected to the electronic control uni ECU.
- the sensors comprise, in particular, a temperature and pressure sensor 33 for the air flow fed to the burner 21, which is preferably housed along the duct 25; a temperature and pressure sensor 34 for the exhaust gases flowing out of the burner 21, which is housed along an outlet duct 35; a pressure sensor 36 for the fuel fed to the burner 21, which is housed along the duct 31.
- the electronic control unit ECU is further connected to the UHEGO or UEGO linear oxygen sensor 18 and to the lambda sensors 19, 20, from which it receives signals indicative of the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases.
- Figure 3 shows the development of the air/fuel ratio ⁇ of the exhaust gases, the pressure signal P 33 generated by the combustion inside the burner 21 and detected by the sensor 33, the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside the burner 21 and detected by the sensor 33, the low-frequency content P 33_LF of the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside the burner 21 and detected by the sensor 33 and the temperature T 34 detected by the sensor 34.
- the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside the burner 21 and detected by the temperature and pressure sensor 33 is rich in information. More in detail, the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside the burner 21 and detected by the sensor 33 is particularly rich in information.
- the Applicant found out, through experiments, that the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 identifies the start of combustion instant SOC represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is greater than a threshold value TV SOC .
- the threshold value TV SOC is determined in a preliminary set-up phase.
- the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 further identifies the starting time SOC_T through the difference between the start of injection instant SOI (namely, the instant in which the injection of fuel into the combustion chamber 22 starts, which is known to the electronic control unit ECU) and the start of combustion instant SOC.
- the peak value PK P2HF of the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 i.e. the maximum value assumed by the high-frequency content of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33
- the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 controls - by means of a feedback control - the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed.
- both aforesaid quantities i.e. the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed are determined as a function of the starting time SOC_T and of the peak value PK P2HF of the high-frequency content of the signal detected by the sensor 33.
- the management of the burner 21 is divided into distinct steps shown in figure 4 , in which the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed are controlled in a differentiated manner so as to optimize the combustion inside the burner 21 and minimize the production of pollutants.
- Figure 4 shows the development of the fuel injection time t INJ , the pressure signal P 33 generated by the combustion inside the burner 21 and detected by the sensor 33, the air/fuel ratio ⁇ of the exhaust gases, the objective air/fuel ratio ⁇ OBJ of the exhaust gases and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed.
- the step indicated with P 1 starts in the instant in which the pumping device 24 is started; the objective fuel quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ is zero, whereas the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed and the duration of the step indicated with P 1 are variable as a function of the environmental conditions.
- the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed are variable as a function of the environmental conditions, whereas the duration of step P 2 is variable as a function of the start of combustion instant SOC.
- the step indicated with P 2 has a duration corresponding to the starting time SOC_T.
- the spark plug 28 coupled to the burner 21 to ignite the mixture present inside the combustion chamber 22 is started; furthermore, during the following step indicated with P 2 , the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is analysed so as to determined the quantities described in the description above, namely the start of combustion instant SOC, the starting time SOC_T and the peak value PK P2HF of the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33.
- the duration of the step itself, the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed are variable as a function of the starting time SOC_T and of peak value PK P2HF of the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33.
- the duration of the last step indicated with P 4 , the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed, on the contrary, are variable as a function of the environmental conditions and of the requested thermal power.
- the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 identifies the end of combustion instant EOC represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is smaller than a threshold value TV EOC .
- the threshold value TV EOC is determined in a preliminary set-up phase.
- the end of combustion instant EOC is used for the control and the diagnosis of the correct operation of the burner 21.
- the Applicant further found out that, in case the burner 21 and the internal combustion engine 1 work simultaneously, the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is also affected by the exhaust stroke of the cylinder 3 (i.e. pressure components generated by the exhaust strokes of the cylinders 3 are detected).
- the simple analysis of the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is not sufficient to identify the end of combustion instant EOC in a reliable manner.
- the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is filtered with a bandpass filter in the neighbourhood of the injection frequency of the burner 21 and, subsequently, the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 and filtered identifies the end of combustion instant EOC represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content P 33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 and filtered is smaller than a threshold value.
- the injection frequency of the burner 21 preferably is 200 Hz.
- the low-frequency content P 33_LF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is also rich in formation. More in detail, the low-frequency content P 33_LF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is correlated with the development of the air/fuel ratio ⁇ of the exhaust gases.
- the Applicant found out, through experiments, that the low-frequency content P 33_LF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is strongly correlated with the signal detected by the UHEGO or UEGO linear oxygen sensor 18.
- the electronic control unit is suited to use the low-frequency content P 33_LF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 in order to control the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases; the low-frequency content P 33_LF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 is used to determine a correction factor, which allows the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected to be corrected, thus making the mixture richer or leaner.
- the description above can advantageously be applied also in case of use of the signal coming from the temperature and pressure sensor 34 for the exhaust gases flowing out of the burner 21, which is housed along the outlet duct 35, instead of the signal coming from the temperature and pressure sensor 33 for the air flow fed to the burner 21, which is housed along the duct 25.
- the pressure signal acquired is the one generated by the combustion inside the combustion chamber 22 and detected by said temperature ad pressure sensor 34; and the combustion inside the combustion chamber 22, in particular the objective quantity ⁇ FUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected into and the objective quantity ⁇ AIR-OBJ of air to be fed to the combustion chamber 22, is controlled as a function of the pressure signal detected by said temperature and pressure sensor 34.
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Abstract
Description
- This patent application claims priority from
Italian patent application no. 102021000021665 filed on August 10, 2021 - The invention relates to a method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine.
- An internal combustion engine is typically provided with a number of cylinders, each connected to an intake manifold and to an exhaust manifold, to which an exhaust duct is connected in order to feed the exhaust gases produced by the combustion to an exhaust system, which releases the exhaust gases produced by the combustion into the atmosphere.
- An exhaust gas after-treatment system usually comprises a pre-catalytic converter, which is arranged along the exhaust duct; a particulate filter, which is also arranged along the exhaust duct, downstream of the pre-catalytic converter; and a catalytic converter, which is arranged along the exhaust duct, upstream of the particulate filter.
- The exhaust gas after-treatment system finally comprises, in addition, a burner, which is suited to introduce exhaust gases (and, as a consequence, heat) into the exhaust duct in order to speed up the heating of the catalytic converter and so as to facilitate the regeneration of the particulate filter. Inside the burner there is defined a combustion chamber, which receives fresh air from an air feeding circuit and receives fuel from an injector, which is suited to inject fuel into the combustion chamber. Furthermore, a spark plug is coupled to the burner in order to ignite the mixture present inside the combustion chamber.
- The exhaust gases produced by the burner have a pollutant concentration that proves to be particularly high during an initial burner starting phase. During this initial phase, the temperature of the catalytic converter is lower than the activation temperature and, therefore, the catalytic converter has an extremely low power of conversion of the pollutants produced by the burner.
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US5379592 discloses a known method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. - Hence, the pollutants released into the atmosphere and produced both by the internal combustion engine and by the burner, especially during the burner starting phase, must be reduced.
- The object of the invention is to provide a method to control a burner for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, said method not suffering from the drawbacks described above and, in particular, being easy and economic to be implemented.
- According to the invention there is provided a method to control a burner for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine according to the appended claims.
- The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings showing a non-limiting embodiment thereof, wherein:
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figure 1 schematically shows an internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust gas after-treatment system; -
figure 2 schematically shows a detail of the exhaust gas after-treatment system shown infigure 1 ; -
figures 3 to 5 show the development of some characteristic quantities detected by means of the sensors of the exhaust gas after-treatment system shown infigure 1 . - In
figure 1 , number 1 indicates, as a whole, a supercharged internal combustion engine provided with an exhaust system 2 (not shown) and having a number ofcylinders 3, each connected to an intake manifold 4 and to anexhaust manifold 5 by means of at least one respective exhaust valve (not shown). - The intake manifold 4 receives a gas mixture comprising both exhaust gases and fresh air, i.e. air coming from the outside through an intake duct 6, which is provided with an air filter for the fresh air flow and is regulated by a
throttle valve 8. Along the intake duct 6, downstream of theair filter 7, there also is anair flow meter 9. - The
exhaust manifold 5 is connected to anexhaust duct 10, which feeds the exhaust gases produced by the combustion to theexhaust system 2, which releases the gases produced by the combustion into the atmosphere. - The supercharged internal combustion engine 1 comprises supercharging system for the internal combustion engine 1 obtained by means of a
turbocharger 11 provided with aturbine 12, which is arranged along theexhaust duct 10 so as to rotate at a high speed due to the action of the exhaust gases expelled from thecylinders 3, and acompressor 13, which is arranged along the intake duct 6 and is mechanically connected to theturbine 12 so as to be caused to rotate by theturbine 12 itself in order to increase the pressure of the air present in the feeding duct 6. - The
exhaust system 2 is provided with an exhaust gas after-treatment system 14 comprising apre-catalytic converter 15 arranged along theexhaust duct 10, downstream of theturbocharger 11, and a particulate filter 16 (also known as Gasoline Particulate Filter) also arranged along theexhaust duct 10, downstream of thepre-catalytic converter 15. According to a preferred variant, the exhaust gas after-treatment system 14 is provided with a catalytic converter 17 arranged along theexhaust duct 10, upstream of the particulate filter 16. According to a preferred embodiment, the catalytic converter 17 and the particulate filter 16 are arranged one after the other on the inside of a common tubular container. - According to a first variant, the internal combustion engine 1 is further provided with a UHEGO or UEGO
linear oxygen sensor 18 housed along theexhaust duct 10 and interposed between theturbocharger 11 and thepre-catalytic converter 15 to detect the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases (providing a liner output that indicates the content of oxygen in the exhaust gases) downstream of theturbocharger 11 and upstream of thepre-catalytic converter 15. - The internal combustion engine is further provided with a
lambda sensor 19, which is suited to provide an on/off binary output, which indicates whether the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases is higher or lower than the stoichiometric value, is housed along theexhaust duct 10 and is interposed between thepre-catalytic converter 15 and the assembly defined by the catalytic converter 17 and the particular filter 16 in order to detect the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gases downstream of thepre-catalytic converter 15; and, finally, alambda sensor 20, which is suited to provide an on/off binary output, which indicates whether the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases is higher or lower than the stoichiometric value, is housed along theexhaust duct 10 and is arranged downstream of the assembly defined by the catalytic converter 17 and the particular filter 16 in order to detect the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gases downstream of the assembly defined by the catalytic converter 17 and the particular filter 16. - The exhaust gas after-
treatment system 14 further comprises aburner 21, which is suited to introduce exhaust gases (and, as a consequence, heat) into theexhaust duct 10 in order to speed up the heating of thepre-catalytic converter 15 and/or of the catalytic converter 17 and so as to facilitate the regeneration of the particulate filter 16. Theburner 21 is arranged so as to introduce exhaust gases into theexhaust duct 10 upstream of thepre-catalytic converter 15 or downstream of the catalytic converter 17. - According to
figure 2 , inside theburner 21 there is defined acombustion chamber 22, which receives fresh air (i.e. air coming from the outside) through anair feeding device 23, which is provided with apumping device 24 pumping from atank 39, preferably with the interposition of a manifold air filtering element, and feeds air by means of aduct 25. - The
combustion chamber 22 further receives fuel from aninjector 27, which is suited to inject fuel into thecombustion chamber 22. Furthermore, aspark plug 28 is coupled to theburner 21 in order to ignite the mixture present inside thecombustion chamber 22. The internal combustion engine 1 also comprises afuel feeding circuit 29 provided with apumping device 30, which feeds fuel by means of aduct 31, which is adjusted by avalve 38. - The internal combustion engine 1 finally comprises a control system 32, which is designed to control the operation of the internal combustion engine 1. The control system 32 comprises at least one electronic control unit (also known as "ECU"), which controls the operation of the different components of the internal combustion engine 1. It is evident that the electronic control unit ECU disclosed in the description above can be a dedicated control unit ECU, which controls the operation of the
burner 21, or can be the electronic control unit ECU controlling the operation of the internal combustion engine 1. Thespark plug 28 is controlled by the electronic control unit ECU so as to generate a spark between its electrodes, thus determining the ignition of the gases compressed inside thecombustion chamber 22. The control system 32 further comprises a plurality of sensors connected to the electronic control uni ECU. - The sensors comprise, in particular, a temperature and
pressure sensor 33 for the air flow fed to theburner 21, which is preferably housed along theduct 25; a temperature andpressure sensor 34 for the exhaust gases flowing out of theburner 21, which is housed along anoutlet duct 35; apressure sensor 36 for the fuel fed to theburner 21, which is housed along theduct 31. The electronic control unit ECU is further connected to the UHEGO or UEGOlinear oxygen sensor 18 and to thelambda sensors -
Figure 3 shows the development of the air/fuel ratio λ of the exhaust gases, the pressure signal P33 generated by the combustion inside theburner 21 and detected by thesensor 33, the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside theburner 21 and detected by thesensor 33, the low-frequency content P33_LF of the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside theburner 21 and detected by thesensor 33 and the temperature T34 detected by thesensor 34. - Experiments have shown that the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside the
burner 21 and detected by the temperature andpressure sensor 33 is rich in information. More in detail, the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside theburner 21 and detected by thesensor 33 is particularly rich in information. - In particular, the Applicant found out, through experiments, that the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the
sensor 33 identifies the start of combustion instant SOC represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is greater than a threshold value TVSOC. The threshold value TVSOC is determined in a preliminary set-up phase. - The high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the
sensor 33 further identifies the starting time SOC_T through the difference between the start of injection instant SOI (namely, the instant in which the injection of fuel into thecombustion chamber 22 starts, which is known to the electronic control unit ECU) and the start of combustion instant SOC. - Then, the peak value PKP2HF of the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33 (i.e. the maximum value assumed by the high-frequency content of the pressure signal detected by the sensor 33) is measured.
- Finally, the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the
sensor 33 controls - by means of a feedback control - the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed. In particular, both aforesaid quantities (i.e. the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed are determined as a function of the starting time SOC_T and of the peak value PKP2HF of the high-frequency content of the signal detected by thesensor 33. - According to a preferred embodiment, the management of the
burner 21 is divided into distinct steps shown infigure 4 , in which the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed are controlled in a differentiated manner so as to optimize the combustion inside theburner 21 and minimize the production of pollutants.Figure 4 shows the development of the fuel injection time tINJ, the pressure signal P33 generated by the combustion inside theburner 21 and detected by thesensor 33, the air/fuel ratio λ of the exhaust gases, the objective air/fuel ratio λOBJ of the exhaust gases and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed. - The step indicated with P1 starts in the instant in which the
pumping device 24 is started; the objective fuel quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ is zero, whereas the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed and the duration of the step indicated with P1 are variable as a function of the environmental conditions. - During the following step indicated with P2, the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed are variable as a function of the environmental conditions, whereas the duration of step P2 is variable as a function of the start of combustion instant SOC. The step indicated with P2 has a duration corresponding to the starting time SOC_T. During the following step indicated with P2, the
spark plug 28 coupled to theburner 21 to ignite the mixture present inside thecombustion chamber 22 is started; furthermore, during the following step indicated with P2, the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is analysed so as to determined the quantities described in the description above, namely the start of combustion instant SOC, the starting time SOC_T and the peak value PKP2HF of the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33. - As to the following step indicated with P3, on the other hand, the duration of the step itself, the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed are variable as a function of the starting time SOC_T and of peak value PKP2HF of the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the
sensor 33. - The duration of the last step indicated with P4, the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed, on the contrary, are variable as a function of the environmental conditions and of the requested thermal power.
- The Applicant found out, through experiments, that the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by the
sensor 33 identifies the end of combustion instant EOC represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is smaller than a threshold value TVEOC. The threshold value TVEOC is determined in a preliminary set-up phase. The end of combustion instant EOC is used for the control and the diagnosis of the correct operation of theburner 21. - The Applicant further found out that, in case the
burner 21 and the internal combustion engine 1 work simultaneously, the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is also affected by the exhaust stroke of the cylinder 3 (i.e. pressure components generated by the exhaust strokes of thecylinders 3 are detected). In particular, experiments revealed that, in the turning-off phase of theburner 21, the simple analysis of the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is not sufficient to identify the end of combustion instant EOC in a reliable manner. Hence, in this case, the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33, at first, is filtered with a bandpass filter in the neighbourhood of the injection frequency of theburner 21 and, subsequently, the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 and filtered identifies the end of combustion instant EOC represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content P33_HF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 and filtered is smaller than a threshold value. The injection frequency of theburner 21 preferably is 200 Hz. - Finally, according to
figure 5 , which shows a comparison between the low-frequency content P33_LF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 and the development of the air/fuel ratio λ of the exhaust gases, the low-frequency content P33_LF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is also rich in formation. More in detail, the low-frequency content P33_LF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is correlated with the development of the air/fuel ratio λ of the exhaust gases. In particular, the Applicant found out, through experiments, that the low-frequency content P33_LF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is strongly correlated with the signal detected by the UHEGO or UEGOlinear oxygen sensor 18. The electronic control unit is suited to use the low-frequency content P33_LF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 in order to control the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases; the low-frequency content P33_LF of the pressure signal detected by thesensor 33 is used to determine a correction factor, which allows the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected to be corrected, thus making the mixture richer or leaner. - The description above can advantageously be applied also in case of use of the signal coming from the temperature and
pressure sensor 34 for the exhaust gases flowing out of theburner 21, which is housed along theoutlet duct 35, instead of the signal coming from the temperature andpressure sensor 33 for the air flow fed to theburner 21, which is housed along theduct 25. In particular, the pressure signal acquired is the one generated by the combustion inside thecombustion chamber 22 and detected by said temperaturead pressure sensor 34; and the combustion inside thecombustion chamber 22, in particular the objective quantity ṁFUEL-OBJ of fuel to be injected into and the objective quantity ṁAIR-OBJ of air to be fed to thecombustion chamber 22, is controlled as a function of the pressure signal detected by said temperature andpressure sensor 34. -
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- internal combustion engine
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- exhaust system
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- cylinders
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- intake manifold
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- exhaust manifold
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- intake duct
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- air filter
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- throttle valve
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- air flow meter
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- exhaust duct
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- turbocharger
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- turbine
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- compressor
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- after-treatment system
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- pre-catalytic converter
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- particulate filter
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- catalytic converter
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- A method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system (14) for an exhaust system (2) of an internal combustion engine (1) having an exhaust duct (10); the system (14) comprises at least one catalytic converter (15, 17) arranged along the exhaust duct (10) and a burner (21), which is suited to introduce exhaust gases into the exhaust duct (10) to speed up the heating of said at least one catalytic converter (15, 17), wherein inside the burner (21) there is defined a combustion chamber (22), which receives fresh air through an air feeding circuit (23), which is provided with a pumping device (24) housed along a first duct (25), and receives fuel from an injector (27) for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber (22), and a spark plug (28) coupled to the burner (21) for the ignition of the mixture present inside the combustion chamber (22); the method comprises the steps of:housing a pressure sensor (33, 34) along the first duct (25) interposed between the pumping device (24) and the burner (21) or along a second duct (35) leaving the burner (21) ;acquiring the pressure signal (P33) detected by said pressure sensor (33, 34) following the combustion inside the combustion chamber (22); andcontrolling the combustion inside the combustion chamber (22), i.e. controlling the objective quantity (ṁFUEL-OBJ) of fuel to be injected into the combustion chamber (22) and the objective quantity (ṁAIR-OBJ) of air to be fed to the combustion chamber (22), as a function of the pressure signal (P33) detected by said pressure sensor (33, 34).
- The method according to claim 1 and comprising the further step of controlling the combustion inside the combustion chamber (22) as a function of the high-frequency content (P33_HF) of the pressure signal detected by said sensor (33, 34).
- The method according to claim 2 and comprising the further step of identifying the start of combustion instant (SOC) represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content (P33_HF) of the pressure signal detected by said sensor (33, 34) is greater than a first threshold value (TVSOC).
- The method according to claim 3 and comprising the further step of identifying the starting time (SOC_T) through the difference between the start of injection instant (SOI) and the start of combustion instant (SOC).
- The method according to any one of the claims from 2 to 4 and comprising the further step of measuring the peak value (PKP2HF) of the high-frequency content (P33_HF) of the pressure signal detected by said sensor (33, 34).
- The method according to claims 4 and 5 and comprising the further step of determining the objective quantity (ṁFUEL-OBJ) of fuel to be injected into and the objective quantity (ṁAIR-OBJ) of air to be fed to the combustion chamber (22) as a function of the starting time (SOC_T) and of the peak value (PKP2HF) of the high-frequency content (P33_HF) of the pressure signal detected by said sensor (33, 34).
- The method according to any one of the claims from 2 to 6 and comprising the further step of identifying the end of combustion instant (EOC) represented by the instant in which the high-frequency content (P33_HF) of the pressure signal detected by said sensor (33, 34) is smaller than a second threshold value (TVEOC).
- The method according to claim 7 and comprising the further step of using the end of combustion instant (EOC) to recognize faults or malfunctions of the burner (21).
- The method according to any one of the preceding claims and comprising the further step of controlling the air/fuel ratio of the exhaust gases as a function of the low-frequency content (P33_LF) of the pressure signal detected by said sensor (33, 34).
- The method according to claim 9 and comprising the further step of determining a correction factor, which allows the objective quantity (ṁFUEL-OBJ) of fuel to be injected into the combustion chamber (22) to be corrected as a function of the low-frequency content (P33_LF) of the pressure signal detected by said sensor (33, 34).
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